Men With Beards

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You are a bunch of nasty people.

TOTALLY agree!!! IMHO, men with beards are trying to compensate for "something" and God only knows what it may be... But yes, they are gross as hell, nasty, and not cared for. Are you too damned LAZY to shave?? Does it make you feel more MANLY??
 
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TOTALLY agree!!! IMHO, men with beards are trying to compensate for "something" and God only knows what it may be... But yes, they are gross as hell, nasty, and not cared for. Are you too damned LAZY to shave?? Does it make you feel more MANLY??

Yes and no, I already felt pretty manly.

And the guy in the article looks like he has ballsack germs on his beard, just saying.
 
TOTALLY agree!!! IMHO, men with beards are trying to compensate for "something" and God only knows what it may be... But yes, they are gross as hell, nasty, and not cared for. Are you too damned LAZY to shave?? Does it make you feel more MANLY??




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Anybody who accuses others of "compensating for something" is usually compensating for something. You do you, and let other people do them.
 
The Sun is a supermarket tabloid. It's like physical clickbait in it's printed form.
 
I am personally compensating for not being a judgmental curmudgeon that can’t accept that other people have different styles and tastes and isn’t the absolute grand arbiter of worldly righteousness in all matters.


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TOTALLY agree!!! IMHO, men with beards are trying to compensate for "something" and God only knows what it may be... But yes, they are gross as hell, nasty, and not cared for. Are you too damned LAZY to shave?? Does it make you feel more MANLY??
Really. That’s the best you’ve got?

*stunt knife, courtesy @rantingredneck and @thrillhill
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No hair on the top of my head = a bit of hair on my chin. Otherwise I look like like someone undergoing chemo.
 
I haven't shaved or trimmed my beard or cut my hair for around 10 years. I ain't compensating for nothen that I know of just saving time and money. It ain't nasty nether cause I warsh it once a week whether it needs it or not.

I'm gonna say it again like I do most years, "I may cut it all off when the weather warms up" but tats up to me not a bunch of mamby pamby crybaby sissyboys that cant grow one.
 
... Otherwise I look like like someone undergoing chemo.
I shaved my head a couple of years ago ... just because.
and that's what my wife said to me.

I like the look on those who can wear it.
I just can't.
 
I couldn’t comprehend giving a crap about what somebody else does that literally has zero effect on me.

It ain’t much of one, but I’ve got a beard. And I wash the daggum thing everyday, so I doubt it’s got anymore “dangerous” bacteria in it than anything else in my life.
 
I used to have a beard but now it's about 75% gray with 25% black splotches. When it goes 100% gray, I might grow another one.
 
"Oh no, I have been exposed again as speaking far more than I actually know, and being called out for being a grumpy curmudgeon who thinks acting like a gruff tough guy somehow makes me more of a man (compensating)...so I had better cry "Gotcha!" so I can retain at least a shred of dignity...where is a dog...I need to shoot something."
 
I let my beard grow in winter to help keep my face warmer. I try to ride my motorcycle all year and the beard blocks a lot of wind. Once it warms up it’s gone until around October.
 
I shaved my head a couple of years ago ... just because.
and that's what my wife said to me.

I like the look on those who can wear it.
I just can't.

I shave my head because nature put me 75% of the way there. No good choices at that point.
 
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I don't care. I tried growing one once, I can't. But you want one, fine.

I DO get tickled at the down-stream effects: symbol of hipsters, the wannabe "operators" because servicemen (and some women...) have beards overseas.
 
I've had a goatee since I was 18. Clean shaven feels weird to me, and I've never kept a full face beard for long.

I do find it humorous that a lot of the hipster types are sporting full beards these days.

Interesting historical tidbit, men cutting their hair short and shaving their face was something that started in WW1 as a practical measure to make gas masks seal better, and it stuck around in western culture for over 100 years.
 
I've had a goatee since I was 18. Clean shaven feels weird to me, and I've never kept a full face beard for long.

I do find it humorous that a lot of the hipster types are sporting full beards these days.

Interesting historical tidbit, men cutting their hair short and shaving their face was something that started in WW1 as a practical measure to make gas masks seal better, and it stuck around in western culture for over 100 years.

Ah, yes, the hipster beard:

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Spot 'em a mile away, wearing flannel shirts, $200 leather faux-hunting boots, asking for craft beer.....

Regarding your history trivia, beards in the Navy used to be a thing, and were officially outlawed not too long ago (early 80s? Late 70s?). I know a lot of sub crews still have 'deployment beards,' but your point still stands: in case of fire they can't make a seal with the equipment. Interestingly a lot of other country's militaries allow beards. I don't have a problem with it.
 
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It is my understanding that the Roman Legions were one of the first professional militaries to dictate grooming standards. Their requirements may have had a little to do with sanitation since they lived together for years on end, but more practically, in a combat style of hand to hand, having long hair and beards gave enemy soldiers something to grab onto during combat.
 
Meh, beard sometimes in the winter, goatee most of the year, cause my nose if big enough and without the mustache it looks twice as long:mad:
 
Didn't we used to have a beard thread somewhere? I seem to recall posting a pic of my ugly mug in it.
 
I shaved my head a couple of years ago ... just because.
and that's what my wife said to me.

I like the look on those who can wear it.
I just can't.
The manager at my range has a shaved head and a lot of facial hair. It suits him. In hot weather I wish I had a shaved head too....lol.
 
Ah, yes, the hipster beard:

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Spot 'em a mile away, wearing flannel shirts, $200 leather faux-hunting boots, asking for craft beer.....
They come in looking like stylish lumberjacks. A female bartender once referred to them as lumbersexuals.
 
They come in looking like stylish lumberjacks. A female bartender once referred to them as lumbersexuals.

That's great. They really live up to their caricatures, too: one guy I know who works in a nearby department talked about camping. I asked where he liked to camp, and he said wherever he could back up his Subaru. o_O
 
Never really had a beard. Started a stash at 19 yo after going to the middle east for the first time and men without facial hair are butt boys. Homosexually is practiced there till 25 and after that they stone them. Couldn't have a beard in uniform when I was in or never authorized relaxed grooming standards. Now Green Berets all have beards down range for the mission but shave them off before going home.

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